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IV Gauge mode
IV UWATEC Aladin TEC 2G
In gauge mode ALL audible and visual alarms and attention messages are
turned off.
In gauge mode Aladin will display depth, dive time and max depth. By pressing you can
scroll
from the max depth to the temperature, to the average depth, to the time of day
and back to the max
depth. By pressing you can restart the stopwatch. This generates a bookmark. Gauge mode
does not support the calculation of no-stop time or the supervision of decompression. Supervision of
ppO
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max and CNS O
2
% will also be switched off. Aladin will display no information about microbubble
development. The settings for the gas mixture, MOD and microbubble level cannot be set and the dive
planner cannot be selected.
Switching the gauge mode on and off
Gauge mode can be switched on and off at the surface, when there is no
desaturation and no-dive in gauge mode has been made in the last 48 hours.
• Dives in gauge mode are performed at your own risk!
• After diving in gauge mode you must wait for at least 48 hours before using
a decompression computer.
After diving in gauge mode, Aladin can not be used as dive computer for
48 hours.
Procedure:
1. From the time of day display push or until the gauge symbol and
"on" or "off" are displayed.
(If Aladin shows " – – – " the gauge mode cannot be switched "on" or "off".
Aladin shows " – – – " for 48 hours after a dive in gauge mode and as long as
there is remaining desaturation after a dive in computer mode.)
2. Confirm with that you wish to activate or deactivate the gauge mode.
The "on" or "off" starts flashing.
3. By pushing
or the gauge mode is switched on or off.
4. Confirm your settings with
.
Without confirmation the display will disappear after 3 minutes and your entries
will not be accepted.
Diving in gauge mode
The following information is displayed in gauge mode:
The average depth is continuously updated and represents the time averaged
depth since the beginning of the dive.
You can reset the average depth at any time by pushing . This gener-
ates also a bookmark.
